ARGYLE, TX — GoVision named Todd Wickstrum vice president, design & engineering. Wickstrum brings nearly 20 years of engineering experience with Peterbilt Motors in Denton, Texas, to his new role at GoVision.
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OREM, UT and VANCOUVER, BC, Canada — Flex Rental Solutions, an internationally recognized provider of enterprise web-based rental management software for the AV, Event and Production Management industry, announced a new strategic partnership with CrewDriver, an app that facilitates scheduling for any company that routinely engages a pool of freelance workers as part of their service to customers.
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NEU-ANSPACH, Germany — The Adam Hall Group, a manufacturer and distributor providing event technology solutions to business customers worldwide, recentlhy added John Kaukis to its U.K. sales team.
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WESTLAKE, TX – The ESTA Control Protocols Plugfest, the event where manufacturers and developers test their products for interoperability, is scheduled to take place from July 21 to July 25 at the D/FW Marriott Solana in Westlake, TX. Everyone is welcome to attend the 14th version of this event.
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FLORENCE, Italy – Claypaky announced plans to once again host the Showlight quadrennial exhibition as the event’s main sponsor. The 2017 event, which is the 10th Showlight event, will take place May 20-23 at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Florence, Italy. Pictured here, from left, are Roberta Guaschi and Pio Nahum of Claypaky.
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LAS VEGAS — Digital media solution provider Reflect needed a dynamic display for their booth entrance at the DSE (Digital Signage Expo), held at the Las Vegas Convention Center in late March. Nashville-based PixelFLEX provided an assist with their FLEXLite II 3.9mm LED video screen product. Reflect also provided PixelFLEX with an assist for the GlobalShop trade show at Mandalay Bay, where PixelFLEX was exhibiting.
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ST. LOUIS, MO — For Mastodon’s 30-city North American tour in support of the band’s March 31 album release, Emperor of Sand, Michael Howe created and controls evocative show visuals using a MagicQ MQ500 Stadium console and Magic HD media server from ChamSys.
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ORANGE BEACH, AL – Luke Bryan, who wrapped the 2016 leg of his Kill the Lights Tour last fall, returned to the road with a new string of Kill the Lights dates from Feb. 11 to March 18. Lighting designer Justin Kitchenman selected a big package of Claypaky fixtures from Elite Multimedia, for the shows. They included Scenius UN1CO luminaires – one of the first appearances made by these fixtures in North America.
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LOS ANGELES – The 59th Annual Grammy Awards made headlines for Adele’s five category wins. Behind the scenes, d3 media servers video mapped the stage’s big screens, delivering high-impact visuals that matched dynamic performances by Adele and more than 20 other top artists. The awards show was hosted by James Corden and broadcast live on CBS from Staples Center on Feb. 12, Three d3 4x4pros with SDI VFC cards, running a beta version of r14.2 software, were used along with two 2x2plus systems: one a pure master and the other an understudy.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Chicago-based rock band 7th Heaven has been an entertainment staple in the American Midwest for 30 years. Despite its location in the U.S. heartland, the band does an annual cruise called the “Chicago Music Cruise” and this year played a week of shows on the largest cruise ship in the world, Harmony of the Seas, a Royal Caribbean smartship outfitted with energy-efficient Elation Professional LED lighting.
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GLENDALE, CA – Since the establishment of Green Hippo Media Service Inc. in October 2015, Green Hippo’s U.S. presence has exceeded projections with strong growth in sales and continued formation of alliances into 2016, a trend which has continued into the first Quarter of 2017. Celebrating a continuation of last year’s record figures and increased distribution reach, the U.S. division of the U.K. based Media Server developer has again flourished with the addition of new staff and expanded premises.
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Tarm has introduced Tarm DOT, a white light RGB show laser system that features a starry sky effect. It’s a pure diode solution with analog color modulation and a guaranteed output power of 3’900 mW.
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